Even a dog knows the difference between being stumbledover and being kicked.

Buyingis cheaper than asking.

Trust resides squarely between faith and doubt.

Thesingle most powerful tool for winning a negotiation is the ability to get upand walk away from the table without a deal.

The function of genius is to furnish cretins with ideas twenty year later.

Whenpeople say women can’t be trusted because they cycle every month, myresponse is that men cycle every day, so they should only be allowed tonegotiate peace treaties in the evening.

Talkingmuch about oneself may be a way of hiding oneself.

Power can be taken, but not given. The process of thetaking is empowerment in itself.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

Nothing has happend to you unless you make much of it.

When youhave to make a choice and you don't make it, that itself is a choice.

Consistencyrequires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago.